Kroger donates to Salvation Army

Over $401,000 given to Angel Tree

5:25 PM,
Jan. 15, 2013

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Leaf-Chronicle

Kroger stores and their customers contributed over $401,000 to the Salvation Army through the Food Angel Tree program this past holiday season.

The program is similar to the regular Angel Tree program except when a customer picks an angel from the tree at Kroger, they contribute $25 at checkout to provide an Angel Tree family with Christmas dinner, said a news release.

"Without Kroger, Christmas would be a lot less filling for many hungry families," said Lt. Col. Charles White, of the Nashville Area Command of the Salvation Army, in prepared comments. "We cannot say thank you enough to all the ...